Jewel-mount



' H. SILVERMAN.

JEWEL MOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY26; I920. 1,376,974, Patented May 3, 1921.

I TED stares PATENT oFFlcE.

V HARRY SILVERMAN, O BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

JEWEL-HIOUNTQ .certain new and useful Improvements in Jewel-Mounts, of which the following is va -specification. 'My invention relates to the mounting of precious stones, and imitations thereof, generally, and particularly torings formed with what is known technically as the basket type of mount, which affords open space for the back of the jewel, so that it may be in spected from the rear.

' As is well known in the art, only diamonds and other very hard stones can be successfully claw-mounted because the pressure 011 the jewel involved .in such setting is apt to crack and injure the weaker stones,so much so that inferior stones and imitation jewels cannot be safely claw set.

My improvements are designed to obviate this difliculty, and also to enable. retail jewelers and othersto set stones selected by purchasers without resort to specially skilled labor, which has heretofore been indispensable. In other words, I provide, as an articleof manufacture for disposal to retail dispensers, the component parts of a ring adapted for jewel setting, which parts may be conveniently and expeditiously assembled and joined together in such manner as to effectually secure a jewel in position,the invention consisting in the specific construction and arrangement of parts described and claimed, and distinctive features being the I use of a jewel base or bed plate in conjunction with a faceor. cap plate substantially as hereinafter set forth.

In theaccompanying drawings I show, upon an enlarged scale, a finger=ring embodying the essential features of my inven- 'tion, it being understood however that the 145 ornamental design and configuration thereof may be varied and modified without departing from the spirit and intent of my invention, which relates more particularly to the method of, and means for, securing the jewel in-position thereon.

- Figure .1, is a face View of the ring, com- Fig. 2, is a side elevation thereof; Fig 3, is a section thereof taken on the plane of line 33,'Fig. 1;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May a, 1921.

Application filed July 26, 1920. Serial No. 399,113.

out the jewel setting plates;

Fig. 5, is a face view of the ring as shown in Fig. 4;; j 1

Fig. 6, is a face view of the jewel cap plate;

Fig. 7,-is a rearview thereof;

Fig. 8, is an edge view of said cap plate;

Fig. 9, is a cross section thereof taken on the plane of line 9-9, Fig. 7; Fig. 10, is a front view of the jewel bed plate; 7 Y

;Fig. 11, is a rear View thereof;

Fig. 12, is an edge view of said jewelbed plate; Fig. 13, isa transverse section 'thereof taken on the plane of line 13-13, Figs. 10 and 11.

The sides of-the main portion of the finger loop L, are of any ordinary or preferred shape in cross section, and the front portion of the loop is formed with the hollow basket extension], constituting the support for the jewel mount. The outer edge'of the said hollow extension Z, is in the form of a circumscribing rim Z, ofany configuration" desired, that shown lnthe drawings, and

particularly in Fig. 5,. thereof, being hexagonal, although itmight of course be round, square, or of any contour'required, inacline of the jewel mount to be fitted thereto.

This. circumscribing rim Z, is the seat upon and to which thejewel bed plate I), is secured, preferably by soldering, and said bed plate is preferably-made with a rear shoulder 2'), fitting within the rim K, as

shown more particularly in Fig.3, so as to centralize the bed plate and strengthen the connection between the contactual surfaces.

The bed plate 6, is formed with a central;

aperture 12 onthe edgeof which-the rear medialportionof' theejewel j, is seated as illustrated in Fig. 3,the shape'of the aper with its circumscribing edges interposed"- cordance with the shape and peripheral out-1 between the inner edges of said mount plates 1), 0.

Obviously various mechanical expedients may be resorted'to 'for the purpose of rigidly securing the cap plate 0, to the bed plate '0, and hence I do not limit myself to the identical form and arrangement of parts shown for this purpose in the drawings, in which specific construction I the bed plate I), is formed with a plurality of peripheral clench prongs Z)", which are bent over and down effect of the engravers tool, and embellishing the mount in a manner similar to that heretofore customary in the finishing of basket mounts.

A retail jeweler being furnished with and carrying in stock the loop L, bed plate 6, and cap plate a, can with ordinary tools, and without the aid or exercise of specially skilled labor such as that heretofore essential for the purpose, expeditiously and successfully set any stone or jewel selected by a customer without the delay, inconvenience and expense involved in sending the work nto a professionalstone setter. Furthermore v the setting thus attained is much more positive and secure, and danger of injury to the stone or jewel is obviated because the binding pressure is applied only to'cap plate 0,

and not to the jewel, as the case in claw or bead mounts. V r

F or this latter reason also the cheaper and more fragile stones, and imitation jewels, may be safely and securely mounted without danger of fracture or injury; and the retailjeweler, if possessed of only ordinary skill in the art, may become his own jewel setter or mounter. A

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A ring of the character designated, comprising a finger loop formed with a hol low support for a jewel mount having. a recess for supporting the jewel, and said jewel mount consisting of a jewel bed plate adapted to be soldered to said hollow support on the loop, and a jewel cap plate fitting over the jewel bed plate and adapted to be secured thereto by clench prongs on the bed 1 plate, for the purpose set forth.

2. A ring of the character designated,

I comprising a finger loop formed with a hollow support for a jewel mount having a re- 3. A ring of the character designated, ,7

comprising a finger loop formed with a hollow support for a jewel mount having a re cess for supporting the jewel, and said jewel mount consisting of a jewel bed .plate adapted to be soldered to said hollow'support on the loop, and a jewel cap plate fitting over the jewel bed plate and adapted to be secured thereto by clench prongs von the bed plate, the back of said jewel bed plate being shouldered to fit within the said hollow mount support on the loop, for the purpose described.

4. A ring of the character designated,

comprising a finger loopformed with a hollow support for a jewel mount vhaving a recess for supporting the jewel, and said jewel mount consisting of a jewel bed plate adapted to be soldered to said hollow support on the loop, and a jewel cap plate fitting over -the jewel bed plateand adapted to be socured thereto by clench prongs on the bed plate, the face of said jewel cap plate being die-embossed, for the purpose set forth.

5. A ring of the character designated, comprising a finger loop formed with a hollow support for a jewel mount having a recess for supporting the jewel, and said jewel mount consisting of a jewel bed plate adapt- 7 ed to be soldered to said hollow support on the loop, and a jewel cap plate fitting over the jewel bed plate and adapted to be secured thereto by clench prongs on the bed plate, the back of said jewel bedplate being shouldered to fit within the said hollow mountsupport on the loop, and the said jewel cap plate being formed with notches -to accommodate the shanks of the said clench prongs on the jewel bed plate, for the purpose described. Y

6. A ring of the character designated, comprising a finger loop formed with a hollow support for a jewel mount having a recess for supporting the jewel, and said jewel mount consisting of a jewel bed plate adapt-a ed to be soldered to said hollow support on the loop, and a jewel cap plate fitting over the'jewel bed plate and adapted to be secured thereto by clench prongs oni the bed plate, the back of said jewel bed plate being shouldered to fit within the said" hollow mount support on the loop, and thesaid jewel cap plate being formed with notches to accommodate-the shanks of the said clench prongs on the. jewel bed plate, and

being also die-embossed, for the purpose set forth.

7. A ring of the character designated, comprising a finger loop formed with a hollow support for a jewel mount having a recess for supporting the jewel, and said jewel mount consisting of a jewel bed plate adapted to be soldered to said hollow support on the loop, and a jewel cap plate fitting over the jewel bed plate and secured thereto by positive means, for the purpose described.

8. A ring of the character designated, comprising a finger loop formed with a hollow supportzfor a jewel mount having a recess for supporting the jewel, and said jewel. mount consisting of a jewel bed plate adapt- HARRY ILVERMAN;

Witnesses:

MORRIS LAURENCE GoLIE'r, GEO. WM. MIATT; 

